Sunday, September 22, 2024
5:00pm Eastern Time
Discord: Valar Guild/meeting_place
Attending (7): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Eowyn, Fangorn/Treebeard, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
Topic: Bilbo and Frodo's birthday in the books was September 22, today! What are some unusual things associated with this particular birthday? Note that Ring history becomes involved.
September 18, 2024
[Eönwë Valar started a thread:
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[8:10 PM]Eönwë Valar: In addition to pinning Sunday's fun poll, I just made it into a thread temporarily so that it can be found from the channel menu too.
[8:10 PM]Eönwë Valar: A little more noticeable there imo.
[9:23 PM]Varda: I just made a "polls" channel under Valar Text Channels. That might help.
[9:24 PM]Varda: Experimentation is us.
[9:36 PM]Eönwë Valar: Oh wow, Danath is still alive and kicking. Haven't seen him in a while.
[9:36 PM]Eönwë Valar: Looks like I've completed the campaign so far in War Within, so now I can try my hand at higher delves.
[9:44 PM]Eönwë Valar: Kurdran, Turalyon, Danath, and Alleria, all in one place. That hasn't happened on-screen probably since Warcraft 2.
[September 19, 2024
[7:23 PM]Eönwë Valar: Would've been even better if it weren't missing Khadgar, then it would've been the whole team, but it's obvious why he wasn't there.
[10:41 PM]Eönwë Valar: Hmm, it seems I just went into Crucible of Storms for the first time (Raid from 3 expansions ago)
[September 20, 2024
[12:58 AM]Eönwë Valar: Well, got a few old aid quests cleared out, and even got some inventory space cleared out in the process. lucky me.
[7:21 PM]Eönwë Valar: Brewfest going.
[September 22, 2024
[3:30 PM]Varda: September 22: Happy birthday to Bilbo and Frodo! (book)
[3:52 PM]Treebeard: Hello
[3:52 PM]Varda: Aiya Fangorn : )
[3:53 PM]Treebeard: I said Hi to Mairowyn
[3:53 PM]Varda: Yay!
[3:54 PM]Treebeard: I hope I spelled it right
[3:54 PM]Varda: She has several versions of that. One is probably right.
[3:54 PM]Treebeard: Ha ha
[3:55 PM]Cenedra: Heya
[3:55 PM]Varda: Aiya Eowyn!
[3:56 PM]Varda: Maybe you can answer that spelling question?
[3:56 PM]Cenedra: Yes, spelled differently depending on if I need to make another character or not.
[3:57 PM]Arien Valar: Aiya gang
[3:58 PM]Varda: Aiya Arien : )
[3:59 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya all!
[3:59 PM]Varda: Aiya Sandalf : )
[4:00 PM]Varda: Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:00 PM]Varda: Membership news:
[4:00 PM]Varda: Welcome to Arien, Fangorn, and Sandalf so far. : )
[4:01 PM]Treebeard: Hello Sandalf #13 4:01 PM]Sandalf13: Maybe there are 12 Sandalfs before me....
[4:01 PM]Varda: This section of the meeting is for guild info for members, such as not going to be able to make it next meeting, or you saw someone who might not get credit for being active if you don't mention them.
[4:01 PM]Treebeard: And Hello to Cenedra and Arien
[4:01 PM]Varda: Like Helm or Aragorn in the Eu
[4:02 PM]Varda: Also if a new person has joined. This would be the time for their "few words" of introduction.
[4:02 PM]Treebeard: Not before you, around about I imagine, but you are one of a kind...
[4:02 PM]Varda: Today, it's about the GSMU (which also happens to be today's Web News, as is the Anniversary page).
[4:02 PM]Varda: He is!
[4:02 PM]Eönwë Valar: Heya
[4:02 PM]Treebeard: Hiya Eonwe
[4:02 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya Eonwe!
[4:02 PM]Varda: Games Site Mass Update, as it affects both the Gaming and Tolkien info.
[4:02 PM]Varda: Just in time!
[4:03 PM]Varda: Eonwe, did you have any comments on the GSMU so far?
[4:03 PM]Sandalf13: GSMU? for non-gamers like me...
[4:03 PM]Varda: Yes.
[4:03 PM]Eönwë Valar: 8 days left to get your info in.
[4:03 PM]Varda: It also helps us know who is still interested in being in the group actively.
[4:03 PM]Sandalf13: Gandalf Saves Middle Urd
[4:03 PM]Varda: In your case, we can guess you're active. ; )
[4:04 PM]Varda: Any Tolkien-only can also answer. Keeps the emails correct (if you want it known) for the author pages.
[4:04 PM]Eönwë Valar: The GSMU is the Games Site Mass-Update. Held annually to keep gaming info up-to-date. The e-mail is only sent out to Full Members.
[4:04 PM]Sandalf13: Thanks! :0
[4:05 PM]Varda: Trying to reach all Tolkiien-onlies would be a nightmare, heh.
[4:05 PM]Varda: So we have to handle them in a separate way.
[4:06 PM]Varda: Full Members are those that passed the LotR book test and shown that they are courteous. Folks we would be happy to associate with for many many years.
[4:06 PM]Varda: And have around our kids.
[4:07 PM]Treebeard: I didn't see any email from Eonwe in my gmail.
[4:07 PM]Varda: Might check the spam folder.
[4:08 PM]Treebeard: Did that.
[4:09 PM]Eönwë Valar: As Varda mentioned, responding to the GSMU e-mail is also a good way to let us know you're still around and want to be part of the Guild. I can only send the e-mail out to those we have a working e-mail for, so keep in mind if we don't have an e-mail for you, and you don't keep regular contact, if you become inactive you could lose your Guild Name to a new member who may join in the interim.
[4:10 PM]Eönwë Valar: Fangorn, I'm 98% sure I remember adding in your e-mail, so I'd suggest checking the Membership Page and making sure the one we have there for you is correct.
[4:13 PM]Cenedra: Heya, again
[4:13 PM]Eönwë Valar: Out of 160 members, only 47 e-mails were sent out. That's about 1/4th of our members who would've got one.
[4:13 PM]Varda: Hey : )
[4:13 PM]Eönwë Valar: The others either didn't give us an e-mail, or don't have a working e-mail on the Membership Page.
[4:14 PM]Eönwë Valar: And one is me, of course, lol.
[4:14 PM]Varda: Membership
[4:16 PM]Sandalf13: I just updated my Avatar on the Members section of the Guild.
[4:16 PM]Eönwë Valar: Just double-checked. I sent an e-mail to Fangorn. I assume Varda's keeping your e-mail on the Membership Page accurate :}
[4:16 PM]Sandalf13: I guess I am still active.
[4:16 PM]Varda: Sandalf, do you mean the forum?
[4:17 PM]Sandalf13: Under the "Profile" tab
[4:17 PM]Eönwë Valar: I assume he means on Discord.
[4:18 PM]Varda: When we say the Members page, we mean the url I posted above.
[4:18 PM]Eönwë Valar: But maybe not.
[4:19 PM]Varda: Sandalf would not appear on the page of Full Members, but on the Contributors page.
[4:19 PM]Varda: That would be:
[4:19 PM]Sandalf13: I just checked the link you sent above, Varda. I am not listed on that page. I updated my profile on the Valar Guild Profile tab.
[4:19 PM]Varda: Contributors
[4:20 PM]Sandalf13: Yup...I am listed on the page above.
[4:20 PM]Eönwë Valar: Eowyn and Sauron also got an e-mail, btw. Only one I'd be missing of Varda's family would be Bilbo because he doesn't have a working e-mail listed.
[4:22 PM]Eönwë Valar: Anyway, that's how it works, 8 more days for Full Members to get Gaming Info in, or to just let us know you're around and want to still be a Member, and maybe update your contact information so we can reach you.
[4:23 PM]Varda: The GSMU also acts as our yearly newsletter. Nice to have.
[4:23 PM]Cenedra: I don't check my email enough. I'll go back and find it later.
[4:24 PM]Varda: How about Discord?
[4:24 PM]Varda: Eonwe, I believe you also take info here on a side message?
[4:24 PM]Eönwë Valar: I accept responses to that e-mail, or through Discord. I'll take them through the Forum as well, but right now I'd say e-mail or Discord is preferred.
[4:24 PM]Léod: Hello, sorry I'm late.
[4:24 PM]Varda: Aiya Leod!
[4:25 PM]Varda: Did you get your email from Eonwe, Leod?
[4:25 PM]Treebeard: Hello
[4:25 PM]Léod: I don't believe so. Let me check.
[4:28 PM]Eönwë Valar: Heya Leod.
[4:28 PM]Léod: When was it sent, about?
[4:28 PM]Eönwë Valar: September 10th-ish.
[4:28 PM]Eönwë Valar: Short version: send in gaming info or let us know you're still around and want to be a member of the Valar Guild. Respond by e-mail or through whisper in Discord.
[4:29 PM]Varda: I"m not finding the list of themes we talked about in an earlier transcript. Trying to locate.
[4:30 PM]Varda: We need to set up the theme for the Anniversary page and give a clue for ideas for screenshots, stories, articles.
[4:30 PM]Varda: Eucatastrophe is one (sudden turn for the better, opposite of catastrophe)
[4:30 PM]Sandalf13: Since I do not receive E-mails as per the above, lease include me in the list of those who want to be a member of the Valar Guild.
[4:32 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Aiya! Catching up.
[4:32 PM]Eönwë Valar: You're good, Sandalf. You come to the meetings often enough to not be in danger of being dropped for inactivity.
[4:32 PM]Varda: Sandalf, you're set up as a Tolkien-only from now on, until you become a gaming Full Member. Tolkien-only contributors don't disappear.
[4:32 PM]Eönwë Valar: And that.
[4:32 PM]Varda: Aiya Phar. : )
[4:33 PM]Léod: I did not receive any emails from anyone in Valar on or near the 10th. I'm sorry, I'm still checking junk emails in case it accidentally got shifted.
[4:34 PM]Varda: You probably didn't get one.
[4:35 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Caught up Mail got, info given to Eonwe through discord.
[4:35 PM]Varda: Thanks, Phar
[4:39 PM]Varda: Eucatastrophe
[4:39 PM]Varda: Food
[4:40 PM]Varda: (You can give several suggestions)
[4:40 PM]Treebeard: First and Second Breakfast Cake
[4:40 PM]Léod: Ages of Arda.
[4:40 PM]Léod: The largest chunks of time I believe.
[4:41 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: I believe we considered Entwives at one point
[4:42 PM]Sandalf13: Tolkien: Optimist or Pessimist?
[4:42 PM]Arien Valar: Happy birthdayk, to Bilbo and Frodo indeed
[4:42 PM]Varda: Remember, these need to be done as gaming screenshot themes too.
[4:43 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Ah, cake might work for that then
[4:43 PM]Sandalf13: That rules out my proposal...
[4:43 PM]Varda: But might make an interesting article.
[4:43 PM]Varda: The theme is a guideline, not the only thing to use. : )
[4:44 PM]Varda: We are taking suggestions for a poll to put up shortly.
[4:45 PM]Varda: Then we'll run with that. We need to put up the Anniversary page soon.
[4:45 PM]Arien Valar: Middlearth Fauna
[4:47 PM]Varda: Mounts (subset of Arien's)
[4:47 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Pets?
[4:48 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: ..Oh, if it's pets, an image just came into my head to draw that's been there for years.
[4:48 PM]Léod: The Lights of Arda: The Lamps, The Trees, The Sun, Moon, and Stars.
[4:48 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: But the drawing of it is something that hasn't come to mind before.
[4:48 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: If not this year, maybe another
[@Léod
[The Lights of Arda: The Lamps, The Trees, The Sun, Moon, and Stars.
[4:49 PM]Eönwë Valar: Luthien. Oops, we mean literal lights.
[4:49 PM]Arien Valar: nice idea , Leod, i like that
[4:49 PM]Eönwë Valar: It is a good one, aye.
[4:49 PM]Léod: Thank you!
[4:49 PM]Varda: I'm making a list
[4:49 PM]Varda: of these
[4:49 PM]Varda: Leod, the Lady of Light is delighted.
[4:50 PM]Treebeard: Don't forget: Ale comes in PINTS ?
[4:50 PM]Léod: LOL!
[4:50 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: It's certainly not a very heavy topic.
[4:51 PM]Varda: hehehe
[4:51 PM]Treebeard: Drinks from pubs all over the LOTRO game world. We could pass them around.
[4:52 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Take one down, pass it around ♪
[4:52 PM]Eönwë Valar: Pints aren't that big, heh.
[4:52 PM]Léod: Oooh... potable delights of MIddle Earth, huh? I love that in a way.
[4:53 PM]Varda: Eonwe, we have a question on how detailed to make that GSMU answer. Just games, branches that we play with other Valarites? Not the complete character list, right?
[4:53 PM]Léod: Blueberry Porter! Or is it ale? I forget.
[4:54 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: throws in entire 30+ WoW character list
[4:54 PM]Eönwë Valar: For Fangorn: YouTube - Lord of the Rings - It Comes in Pints
[4:55 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: There's something about knowing the "half pint" size as measurement without realizing whole pints are also a thing.
[4:56 PM]Léod: I think it has to do with how drinks are measured in the shire in pubs. They may know of pints in recipes and stuff, it's just not an option in pubs.
[4:56 PM]Léod: In the shire anyway.
[4:56 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Good point.
[4:57 PM]Varda: (If you come up with a theme while we're doing other stuff, message me or Eonwe so we can try to get it in the poll.)
[4:57 PM]Varda: So far:
[4:58 PM]Léod: I think it would be like us ordering a quart or... a yard? I don't know how much liquid is actually in a yard, though I've seen the vessels.
[4:58 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: I'll have a gallon of stout, thanks!
[4:59 PM]Eönwë Valar: GSMU:
[1.) What games (WoW, LotRO, Chess)/platforms (Steam, XBoX, PSN) would you like to find other Valar Guild members playing?
[2.) Under what name would you like to be found?
[It doesn't need to be an exhaustive list of everything you play or every name you have. We wouldn't know that for sure anyway. Do include that you still play LotRO, for example, even if you have a character in the guild branch, so I know that's a game you currently play and not just something sitting on the sidelines while you have fun elsewhere.
[4:59 PM]Varda: Ent-draught in those potables. : )
[5:00 PM]Treebeard: I believe that a yard is one foot thick and 1 yard long and 1 yard wide... however much that would hold.
[5:01 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Wikipedia - Yard of ale
[Quote:
[A yard of ale or yard glass is a very tall beer glass used for drinking around 2+1⁄2 imperial pints (1.4 L) of beer, depending upon the diameter.
[The glass is approximately 1 yard (91.4 cm) long, shaped with a bulb at the bottom, and a widening shaft, which constitutes most of the height.
[The glass most likely originated in 17th-century England...
[End quote.
[5:01 PM]Varda: Ok, we need to do a fast gaming news, then a fast Tolkien chat. Some need to leave pretty soon!
[5:01 PM]Léod:
[5:01 PM]Léod:
[5:01 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: It comes in yards??
[5:01 PM]Léod: Great minds!
[5:02 PM]Varda: o wow
[5:02 PM]Varda: On to
[5:02 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: It comes in miles?
[5:02 PM]Varda: Gaming!
[5:02 PM]Eönwë Valar: Still looking kinda small.
[5:02 PM]Léod: Sorry.
[5:02 PM]Léod:
[5:02 PM]Eönwë Valar: It comes in oceans?!
[5:02 PM]Varda: (with side remarks that have nothing to do with gaming, as usual)
[5:02 PM]Treebeard: Haha. Cement or concrete is order/priced by the yard.
[5:03 PM]Varda: Those are great pics. Thanks. : )
[5:03 PM]Varda: Eonwe, gaming news?
[5:03 PM]Eönwë Valar: Sure.
[5:03 PM]Eönwë Valar: World of Warcraft:
[5:04 PM]Eönwë Valar: This week's Bonus Event: Burning Crusade Timewalking. DOn't miss your chance at easy-ish Champion-level gear.
[This week's PvP Brawl: Cooking Impossible.
[5:04 PM]Eönwë Valar: Brewfest going through October 6th. (Speaking of pints.)
[5:04 PM]Treebeard: It sounds like we are picking subject matter for poems and poetry such as I jumped into the ocean and drank it dry before taking my leave of it
[5:04 PM]Treebeard: ...aye, an ocean of pints...
[5:04 PM]Eönwë Valar: Molten Front is live in Cataclysm Classic.
[5:05 PM]Eönwë Valar: Mythic, Story Mode, and LFR Wing 2 Nerub-ar Palace are live.
[5:05 PM]Eönwë Valar: Season of Discovery Phase 5 begins September 26th.
[5:05 PM]Treebeard: Wow has good artists
[5:05 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: (a league of lager)
[5:05 PM]Eönwë Valar: Check out This Week in WoW for anything not mentioned above.
[5:05 PM]Eönwë Valar: Check out this week's hotfixes.
[5:06 PM]Eönwë Valar: Diablo 4: Need a recap on the story? See A Sinister Tale Recounted— Catch Up On The Story So Far.
[5:06 PM]Eönwë Valar: Overwatch 2:
[5:06 PM]Eönwë Valar: A new blog is out: First Steps For Martian Kind - A Look At Juno's Development.
[5:06 PM]Eönwë Valar: Overwatch 2 is now available with XBox Game Pass.
[5:07 PM]Eönwë Valar: Lord of the Rings Online:
[5:07 PM]Eönwë Valar: LotRO is celebrating Frodo and Bilbo's Birthday through September 23rd.'
[5:07 PM]Eönwë Valar: See this week's sneak peek of Khud Zagin.
[5:08 PM]Eönwë Valar: And that's all I have for you this week.
[5:08 PM]Varda:
Landroval branch:
Crickhollow branch:
Treebeard branch:
Angmar branch:
Mordor branch:
[5:08 PM]Varda: Also trying to collect gold for kin houses on Mordor and Angmar servers. Considering dwarven kin house on those.
[5:09 PM]Varda: 15 gold, 300 silver. This can be pooled.
[5:09 PM]Varda: Starcraft 2:
[5:10 PM]Varda: Eowyn, Fangorn, Varda; Floppa. I believe also Faramir this past week. Anyone else?
[5:10 PM]Léod: Lemmie know if you start on Angmar, I can try to craft you some stuff!
[5:10 PM]Varda: I'm on Angmar and appreciate the bow from you! Thanks. : )
[5:11 PM]Varda: Any other games to mention?
[5:11 PM]Léod: You're welcome!
[5:11 PM]Varda: On to
[5:11 PM]Varda: Tolkien:
[5:12 PM]Varda: As Phar and others commented on earlier
[5:12 PM]Varda: today is September 22, the double birthday of Bilbo and Frodo!
[5:12 PM]Varda: Bilbo was born T.A. Sept. 22, 2890. Frodo was born T.A. Sept. 22, 2968
[5:12 PM]Varda: What are some unusual things associated with this particular birthday? Note that Ring history becomes involved.
[5:12 PM]Léod: Happy Birthday old poet, and nine-fingered hero!
[5:12 PM]Varda: tosses confetti
[5:12 PM]Eönwë Valar: OK, so for those who haven't noticed, we have a new poll channel. WIthin that channel we now how a poll for the Anniversary Theme. Vote! Vote! Vote!
[5:13 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Unusual that Bilbo was looking pretty good for onenhundredandeleven
[5:13 PM]Léod: Gandalf's firework show!
[5:13 PM]Eönwë Valar: One week to vote on the theme.
[5:13 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Or.. eleventy-one, was it?
[5:13 PM]Eönwë Valar: And don't forget about the poll from last week that's going until next week.
[5:14 PM]Varda: Thanks, Eonwe! That was fast! The polls channel is on the left side of the screen, three below meeting_place
[5:14 PM]Eönwë Valar: meeting_place
[5:14 PM]Varda: Like butter spread over too much toast?
[5:15 PM]Eönwë Valar: So far no one wants to get a request from Huan or a song from Luthien. Wow. (edited)
[5:15 PM]Varda: Pardon
[5:15 PM]Varda: 3001 Bilbo passed the Ring to Frodo on their birthday, the farewell feast. Gandalf suspects this is the One Ring. The guard on the Shire is doubled. Gandalf seeks news of Gollum and calls for Aragorn's help.
[5:16 PM]Varda: 3018 Sept 22: The Black Riders reach Sarn Ford at evening; they drive off the guard of Rangers. Gandalf overtakes Shadowfax.
[5:16 PM]Léod: Wow
[5:17 PM]Varda: (We are overtime, so I'm pushing this along too fast.)
[5:17 PM]Varda: Day after above: 3018 Sept 23 A Black Rider comes to Hobbiton at nightfall. Frodo leaves Bag End.
[5:17 PM]Sandalf13: I voted...
[5:17 PM]Léod: I just looked it up, and Thorin and Company reached Lake-Town on that day.
[5:17 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: On Bilbo's birthday, was it?
[5:17 PM]Varda: Thanks, Leod. : )
[5:17 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Was that mentioned in the book?
[5:17 PM]Léod: In 2941
[5:17 PM]Varda: 3019 (Shire 1419) Sept 22. 129th birthday of Bilbo. Saruman comes to the Shire.
[@Ar-Pharazon-V
[Was that mentioned in the book?
[5:18 PM]Léod: I can't remember, it's been too long since I read it.
[5:18 PM]Varda: 3020 Sept 22. Bilbo is 130.
[5:18 PM]Varda: 3021 Sept 22. Frodo and Sam meet the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings in Woody End.
[5:18 PM]Varda: 1482 Sam's wife, Rose, dies on Mid-year's Day. Sept 22, 1482 Sam rides out from Bag End to head over Sea, last of the Ring-bearers.
[5:19 PM]Léod: I get sad chills every time I read that last.
[5:19 PM]Varda: And that's all I did on looking up the timeline. Most of that is at the end of the Return of the King's timeline.
[5:20 PM]Varda: Since Sam went to Valinor so quickly, chances are he met Rosie again there and departed to Eru with her. Hobbits are numbered with Men.
[5:20 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: If Frodo had left home but a little later, he'd have been found by a Black Rider on his birthday. Not a nice present!
[5:20 PM]Varda: Brr
[5:20 PM]Léod: Not very nice at all.
[5:21 PM]Léod: Good subject! I learned things!
[5:21 PM]Varda: yay!
[5:22 PM]Varda: And we are 21 minutes overtime. But any who wish can continue in After-meeting!
[5:22 PM]Varda: gavel races to the hammerpad without a pocket handkerchief
[5:22 PM]Varda: whommmp!
[5:22 PM]Varda: After-meeting!
[5:22 PM]Varda: Free chat. : )
[5:23 PM]Varda: or race to supper or bed or gaming!
[5:23 PM]Léod: I need to go finish watching Amy's Crypt with my sweetie! That's what made me late in the first place! Nice chatting with you all! I'll try to be more on time in the future!
[5:23 PM]Varda: and vote in the polls!
[5:23 PM]Eönwë Valar: You are free to chat.
[5:23 PM]Varda: ahh nice. : )
[5:23 PM]Varda: What Eonwe said by way of clarifying my fast-speech. ; )
[5:24 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: I'm gong to assume it's a movie or something, and not an actual crypt that needs watching in case something wakes up.
[5:24 PM]Eönwë Valar: YouTube - Epic Parts of Epic Movies - You are Free to Eat
[5:24 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: *going
[5:24 PM]Varda: heh
[5:24 PM]Varda: With this group of gamers, that's a fair question
[5:25 PM]Léod: True. It's a ghost hunter youtube channel. They investigate creepy places and have been doing it since they were pretty young.
[5:26 PM]Sandalf13: Need to leave...things to do...but first a photo of my vegetable garden as Fall is rapidly approaching. All my tomatoes seem to be coming in (at last) at the same time, at the end of the season. Sort of a frustrating gardening year. Will return later for Ar's report. Namaire!!
[5:26 PM]Varda: So much for TV. : )
[5:26 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Namarie!
[5:26 PM]Varda: Yay veggies that made it to veggiedom!
[5:26 PM]Varda: Namarie!
[5:27 PM]Sandalf13: 1
[5:28 PM]Sandalf13: And a model of Luthien as a bat, riding on the back of Beren (the hound). 1
[5:29 PM]Eönwë Valar: Teeny-tiny-bat teeny-tiny-bat teeny-tiny-bat.... Let me see if I can find a clip of that.
[5:29 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Luthien looks a bit fed up in that picture.
[5:30 PM]Arien Valar: Unfortunatly i have to call it .. I am working at nine tomorrow so still have to get up relatively early , even if not as early as on a seven start
[5:30 PM]Eönwë Valar: Heh, I thought it was going to be difficult, but no, it was super easy, barely an inconvenience.
[5:30 PM]Sandalf13: I made the bat at the Wright Farms Library (Rangeview Public Libraries) at their make-a-clay-figurine day. 1
[5:30 PM]Arien Valar: i ll have a look at the poll before work tomorrow and vote ok?
[5:31 PM]Arien Valar: for the topic
[5:31 PM]Eönwë Valar: You have a week, just don't forget.
[5:31 PM]Varda: fun : )
[5:31 PM]Arien Valar: oki dok
[5:31 PM]Varda: O, do we vote once or for two?
[5:31 PM]Varda: Love the bat!
[5:31 PM]Arien Valar: Namarie for now have fun and rest when you get it!
[5:33 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Namarie!
[5:34 PM]Cenedra: Namarie
[5:36 PM]Eönwë Valar: Only one vote.
[5:37 PM]Varda: okie dokie
[5:37 PM]Varda: Voted.
[5:37 PM]Eönwë Valar: Bah, internet's been acting up the last couple of days.
[5:38 PM]Eönwë Valar: Here's the video for "Teeny Tiny Bat." Let's see how many of you remember this: YouTube - The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) - Teeny Tiny Bat
[5:39 PM]Eönwë Valar: I must now be off. Take care all, good night, sleep well, and have fun.
[5:39 PM]Varda: Namarie and thank you. : )
[5:50 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: I wonder if the monsters in the haunted house in the Beetleborgs show were inspired by that movie.
[5:51 PM]Varda: It's tough not to see the other movies in the genre if interested enough to make movies. So...maybe?
[5:51 PM]Varda: or haunted real houses would look for inspiration from movies, tv
[5:52 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: In this case they were also buffoonish monsters of the vampire, frankenstein etc genre
[5:52 PM]Varda: Comedy. Just right to entertain kids for Halloween. : )
[5:53 PM]Varda: So, probably? : )
[5:53 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Probably!
[8:42 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya, Ar!
[8:42 PM]Sandalf13: Sind Sie hier?
[8:49 PM]Varda: May-be
[8:50 PM]Sandalf13: Ah! Varda! How nice to "see" you!
[8:53 PM]Varda: And you
[8:53 PM]Varda: Phar tends to show up a bit later
[8:54 PM]Sandalf13: I just sent you a message.
[9:06 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Aiya Not long until report!
[9:31 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Personal gaming report:
[9:36 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: For (non)flashgaming, I give you Kongregate: Shoot & Sow one I've linked before - the only new badge this week is to a game that isn't working very well, so giving an old one instead - an action game where you play a farmer taking on hostile fruits and vegetables with various weaponry.
[9:37 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: It's roguelike in that in each run your enemies, weapons and temporary upgrades are randomized, though you can choose between 3 upgrades, 4 weapons and 2 enemy types every time they come up.
[9:38 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: But depending on when you die, you also get permanent upgrade points to spend on weapons and more passive upgrades in the main area.
[9:39 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya, Ar! I am chatting with Varda on personal messages.
[9:40 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: And you get to switch between 8 characters between runs, if you like, with their own boosts and possibly negative modifiers as well
[9:40 PM]Sandalf13:
[9:40 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Aiya! No problem, don't let me keep you
[9:40 PM]Sandalf13: You are not. It is always a pleasure to read your report!
[9:40 PM]Sandalf13: Varda has taught me to do two things at once on Discord.
[9:40 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Hah.
[9:41 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Doing 2 things at once anywhere is hard enough
[9:41 PM]Sandalf13: You betcha!
[9:42 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Anyway, with practice and enough permanent upgrades you should be able to defeat all 8 "days" eventually! If you're having trouble, I would advise the Peter character, with buffs to the laser weapons, and choosing the laser weapons on your runs. They can become quite powerful! But you can also try to get stars on each character if you want an extra challenge
[9:46 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Blizzard gaming:
[9:47 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Hearthstone: Level 92 on the reward track now. If I get as many levels in the next week as the last, I should hit 100, but there's plenty of time
[9:47 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Nope, bad math. Got 6 levels, not 8.
[9:48 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Got Death Knight class to level 49 along the way, 11 more to go!
[9:48 PM]Sandalf13: Good on you!
[9:49 PM]Varda: Is Death Knight different in Hearthstone? Doesn't start partly leveled?
[9:49 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Quest event - which I'd finished before last meeting - has barely expired, before they giving us an announcement for the next one, A Travelmaster's Guide to Adventure, which will open in a few days. I wonder if it's related to cards from the new Mini-set.
[9:50 PM]Varda: Grats on getting in under the wire!
[9:50 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Nay, in Hearthstone they're all 1-60. You don't really need to unlock them or anything either, they were just late additions to the game.
[9:50 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Some unique mechanics to them when it comes to runes, though, so they are kinda special
[9:52 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Brawl is an old classic: Valeera's Bag of Burgled Spells. You play a rogue, but your deck is filled with random spells from all classes, and each spell, when played, will summon a random minion of the same cost. Very luck-based, and I've seen several matches swing from one side to the other rapidly, so if you're behind, don't give up
[9:54 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Warcraft Rumble: No new collection level. Getting closer to one, but it's still slow and possibly getting even slower!
[9:55 PM]Sandalf13: Keep your nose on the grindstone, and I am sure you will get there!
[9:55 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Got one more dungeon level done, level 20 with the beast leader Hogger. No luck yet in Horde week though.
[9:57 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: The heroic sigil campaign has indeed gotten easier after Murkdeep, and I got Lunaclaw done with all 5 families, and Onu with 2 families, without having to change up my decks. That puts me at 112 sigils now!
[10:01 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Got one or two more minis up to level 18, and actually managed 2 quality upgrades, getting both the Core Hounds and the Gryphon Rider to uncommon quality. Those were the last ones in the entire set to hit uncommon Their talents haven't come up yet, but that'll probably come up soon enough. So now everything's at uncommon, and nearly everything is at 18 or higher. On the one hand they're good milestones... on the other, it kinda feels like the real grind is only beginning now, because it'll be slow going from here. But I have well functioning decks, so I can have fun with or without upgrades around every corner
[10:03 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Oh, and in our little guild we've gotten enough war chests to unlock the new murloc emote, as well. Always nice!
[10:03 PM]Sandalf13: Sounds good.
[10:04 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: This has been the first season where the emote was the first of the 3 rewards, so if they keep that up, we might get all of them from here on!
[10:04 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: WoW:
[10:05 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Level 78 now, so I can start raiding soon Could've been more, but the fair was here in town this week, which not only meant doing a few outdoor activities, but also friends visiting from out of town for it so I spent some more time giving the apartment a good cleaning
[10:08 PM]Sandalf13: Always a good thing to do. I have a lady friend from Lincoln coming to visit for a few days this week...I did some cleaning, too.
[10:09 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Been doing enough Delves in WoW to get Brann to level 13, not far from 15 which is the cap until you complete the story campaign, and collect all his different trinkets. Came upon a quest for a new Delve, the Dread Pit, so I completed that, but at this point I'll slow down on Delves for a bit (except for when I get to new ones, giving me a bit more room to grow in there) and focus more on the leveling campaign to unlock higher Delve tiers eventually.
[10:11 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: In questing, I've helped some kobolds rebel against their tyrant Candle King, forcing him to retreat into a dungeon while also bringing a population of kobold refugees into the Earthen town of Gundargaz. That should liven the place up a bit!
[10:12 PM]Sandalf13:
[10:13 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Then I moved more south to a mining town in trouble, which turns out to have fallen to fog creatures and Skardyn, corrupted earthen. After exploring the town and dealing with a few invaders, next week I'll investigate the mine and hopefully find out what's going on!
[10:13 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: And also hopefully reach level 80 so I can join the raids
[10:14 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: And that's my report for the week!
[10:14 PM]Varda: Thank you for sharing, Phar. : )
[10:15 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: No problem
[10:16 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Oh hwait, I forgot!
[10:16 PM]Sandalf13: Oh no!
[10:16 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Brewfest going on, and I've been doing some activities there for tokens for the new item, which has also allowed me to complete the Trading Post currency for September.
[10:17 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: That got me a new mount, the Plunderlord's Golden Crocolisk, and a new pet, a crab called Claudius.
[10:17 PM]Sandalf13: When you investigate the mine, keep your eyes open for some good mineral speciments, and keep me apprised!
[10:19 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: And I spent some of my newly gained Trading tender there to get a few transmog pieces as well: A new tabard, an orange-sleeved shirt, an offhand in the shape of a large sack of gold, and a Hand Cannon gun appearance which I might use on my vulpera hunter Those seemed to be the most interesting rewards for me this month.
[10:19 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Heh, might do, but I expect I'll be busy fighting crystallized dwarves in there. Might grab a piece of them though
[10:20 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: And I'm pretty sure that is my report for the week.
[10:21 PM]Sandalf13: Great report! Namarie and sei gesund!
image of Tourmaline
[10:22 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Nice! Makes me think... cobalt?
[10:25 PM]Varda: Pretty
[10:25 PM]Varda: Namarie for now. : )
[10:27 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Namarie
[10:41 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: The shape doens't seem Cobalt-ish... dunno, there's probably a lot of blue minerals.
[10:41 PM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Namarie from me as well!
